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The Greek World by Anton Powell is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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CONTENTS 6 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 8 NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 9 ABBREVIATIONS 13 INTRODUCTION 16 PART I THE GREEK MAJORITY 20 LINEAR B AS A SOURCE FOR SOCIAL HISTORY 22 THE ECONOMICS AND POLITICS OF SLAVERY AT ATHENS 42 HYBRIS, STATUS AND SLAVERY 59 NON-ARISTOCRATIC ELEMENTS IN ARCHAIC POETRY 100 THE PLACE OF THE POET IN ARCHAIC SOCIETY 119 THE GREEK NOVEL 145 POLITICS AND THE BATTLEFIELD 168 GREEK PIRACY 194 MEDICAL TEXTS AS A SOURCE FOR WOMEN’S HISTORY 214 WOMEN AND BASTARDY IN ANCIENT GREECE AND THE HELLENISTIC WORLD 234 ATHENS’ PRETTY FACE 260 PART II GREEKS (AND NON-GREEKS) AT THE MARGINS 286 HERODOTUS ON EGYPTIAN BUILDINGS 288 BEYOND THE POLIS 316 WHY PHILIP WON 338 THE GREEKS IN THE WEST AND THE HELLENIZATION OF ITALY 362 ROME IN THE GREEK WORLD 383 PART III GREEKS AND THEIR PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT 400 DIET, DIAITA AND DIETETICS 402 GREEK ENGINEERING 418 BARBERS’ SHOPS AND PERFUME SHOPS 447 BIONIC STATUES 457 PART IV RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY 476 GREEK SACRIFICE 478 EARLY ORPHISM 498 ORDER, INTERACTION, AUTHORITY 526 IONIAN INQUIRIES 545 LAW AND SOCIETY IN THUCYDIDES 565 PLATO’S OBJECTIONS TO THE SOPHISTS 583 PLATO ON WOMEN IN THE LAWS 606 INDEX 625

Who reads The Greek World?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Anton Powell
Publisher
Routledge; Ashgate
Published
1995
Language
EN
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Anthropology, Social_sciences

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